TV Festival gig for European Radio - this is the BBC segment. Allan Holdsworth - guitar; Pat Smythe - fender rhodes; Daryl Runswick - bass; John Marshall - drums
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@timothydillow31603 жыл бұрын
I saw Allan the night his father passed away, I believe it was 1985 , he quietly came out and announced this to the audience, of about a hundred people, it was Chad and the IOU band at the golden bear in Huntington Beach California. I think many in the audience we're surprised he was going to go on with the show, but what those in that tiny nightclub experienced for the next couple hours was something wonderful surreal and ethereal. Seeming to take his emotions out through his instrument you were Awash in harmonious energy that was more than just sound. The greatest performance I've ever seen by a musician. I was a 17 year old guitar player, and was gobsmacked. His work on the first UK album, Jean-Luc Ponty , and the Tony Williams recordings, are legendary. An influence on every guitar player from Eddie Van Halen to Frank Zappa, Allan Holdsworth single-handedly rewrote the language of jazz guitar.
@avantprog6902 Жыл бұрын
I've been to The Golden Bear. That night it was John McLaughlin. Steve Morse opened for him and Allan Holdsworth was seated across the table from me. Saw Allan countless times, most often at The Baked Potato.
@Gregorypeckory Жыл бұрын
Great tribute; he was definitely the GOAT; a once in a century musician; pure genius! I will always treasure every second of every show I got to see live; the best concert experiences imaginable. Too good for this world.
@alexanderallegra432 Жыл бұрын
Not jazz guitar but the idea of music. Created new languages not recognizable by any other linguist. He was beamed here from outer space for sure
@pablotorres7436 Жыл бұрын
On point Bro!!❤
@thewildcellist10 ай бұрын
Wow - thanks for this account. Very moving. Allan's contributions cannot be overstated. Example: no Allan, no EVH as we knew him. No EVH... It's interesting that sometimes it's the underrated/obscure musicans who're the innovators that change everything, while more famous, but less innovative ones proliferative their ideas.
@xxczerxx3 жыл бұрын
It's not just practice, this guy's brain must have seriously been genius-level. Once in a lifetime player.
@EgoShredder2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Most world class guitarists rely on patterns and 'finger muscle memory', whereas Allan could improvise at this speed! 😳
@Allan-et5ig Жыл бұрын
Like or not, his music, you are right. All the practice in the world doesn't allow for this.
@alexanderallegra432 Жыл бұрын
I love when people say it’s random playing. It’s random cause you don’t have the ear yet to understand it
@MetalheadNation10 ай бұрын
@@alexanderallegra432Well put! When I came across Allan the first time (probably 4 or 5 years ago, I was probably 16 or 17), I didn’t get it. I was super impressed by the technical ability, but that’s all I got. When I came back to him about a year and a half to two years ago, I couldn’t believe I’d dismissed him initially. He’s now my favorite guitarist of all time. Something just clicked, and I wish I’d been able to see him live before he died
@alexanderallegra43210 ай бұрын
@@MetalheadNation me too bro, I want to see Tim miller live, he’s probably as close as it gets
@zinwah7 жыл бұрын
Allan is absolutely one of the greats, but credit is also due to the unsung Pat Smythe who died far too young. An exRAF pilot , he was a family friend , who had a fantastic ear for new talent. As well as Alan H, he gave Dave Holland one of his first jobs. He was the first person who told me to check out John Mclaughlin and a little later, Michael Brecker as new talents, when they were virtually unknown. Bill Evans, who he played opposite at Ronnie Scotts also thought highly of him as a pianist. So let's remember Pat Smythe, a very fine musician and a lovely guy.
@ntesslafan7 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely correct!
@timmungenast7 жыл бұрын
David, big thanks for this important background history!
@bobkalkman25027 жыл бұрын
Never heard of this or him until now. Nice. Of course, AH is what brought me here...
@jibsmokestack17 жыл бұрын
david c - Wasn't Pat Smythe the pianist in Joe Harriots quintet in the late 50 early 60s that was so influential and important on the development of European Free Jazz?
@USAGlobalVideoCorp6 жыл бұрын
New talent? Ever heard Tempest? Igginbottom? Soft Machine?
@trudywretched3 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsworth's "54 Duncan Terrace" was written in tribute to Pat Smythe after his death. (That was Smythe's London address; they would play there together.) This is from a 1990 interview with "Guitar Player" : "My late friend Pat Smythe was a very inspirational character, a wonderful piano player, and a very musical, mellow guy. He played the nicest chords, and his technique was very delicate. He had this old Bluthner piano and got a great sound. His original tunes were always so pretty. I got the first four chords of this and said, "Man, that sounds like Pat.""
@fungiformenow Жыл бұрын
I remember meeting the young Holdsworth on the way to buy his first guitar from the music shop in Bradford. I gava him a lift on my Vespa and I got him there without incident.
@jnorthrop704 ай бұрын
Thanks for that!
@WarhawkBeyond20404 жыл бұрын
As far as guitar playing is concerned, Allan Holdsworth was light years ahead of the game and his technique was so advanced beyond words, he truly was a once in a lifetime guitarist.
@Istari_014 жыл бұрын
Amazing to realise that whilst all of our favourite guitarists of the past 50 years were performing Alan too was around and playing! And playing on another level. Most us us never even knew who he was! Alan Holdsworths’ are not created from hard work and practice, they are born (and also practice). Cheers to all the AH junkies out there. 🍻🍻
@nxs015221 сағат бұрын
It doesn't matter what guitar is in his hands. He's amazing.
@TrueFreddyK4 жыл бұрын
Love this ol' footage, also the Soft Machine 1974 video- So far ahead was AH!
@davidscott10522 ай бұрын
This is serious shredding ...before it was called that ....and before Gambale,Satriani,Malmsteen,Vai,Mancuso,Lane,Van Halen....and all of them have had the good grace to cite Allan as their major influence ❤❤❤❤
@peterzernzach1563Ай бұрын
Al di Meola
@Hologhoul9 күн бұрын
Even John McLaughlin loves Allan's playing! Rare for Malmsteen to admit an influence, the other guy whom he clearly took ideas from is Uli Roth, the track Catch My Train, for example.
@michaelciancetta63979 күн бұрын
did you really mention mancuso dude? this was 50 YEARS AGO ahahahaahahah
@Hologhoul9 күн бұрын
@@michaelciancetta6397 why shouldn't he, if Mancuso cites Allan as an influence?
@michaelciancetta63979 күн бұрын
@@Hologhoul because he is ''only'' 50 years late// mancuso is adding nothing to guitar music
@michaeljudson89422 жыл бұрын
Daryl Runswick’s performance is at a whole other level. I have not heard anybody else play like that.
@algreaves45152 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ... I consider myself to be an above average guitarist. My Mom will attest to this as well... But I cannot even begin... I can SEE and HEAR what Allan's doing; but I would not know how or where to begin with this... Every few seconds I hear one of the notes he plays fall directly and perfectly down into the chordal structure that's being played at that very second and it's just so fckng baffling and perplexing to me. It's truly beautiful. My jaw just drops.
@Joeh11545 жыл бұрын
As a long time fan of Holdsworth, I find it amazing to see these older performances considering what he ultimately became. I discovered him with "Road games" then "Metal Fatigue" and beyond. I saw him perform twice at NYC's "Bottom Line" venue in the early 1980's and he just killed it. The Coltrane of the guitar? I would agree. RIP Allan Holdsworth. There will never be another you.
@Scott_works3 жыл бұрын
I agree with "The Coltrane of Guitar". Absolutely. Listen to his work with Gong on Expresso II. His stuff with Tony Williams Lifetime and IOU was also amazing back then. By then he had developed his rich tone and incredible lines.
@pjuliano90003 жыл бұрын
There is hope… I have witnessed a young guy whose name I can’t remember… Somewhere in his mid-20s who is emulating the fluidity of Holdsworth and that kind of expressiveNess that is so elusive
@Fontsman Жыл бұрын
@@pjuliano9000 Matteo Mancuso?
@Gregorypeckory Жыл бұрын
@@pjuliano9000 There are definitely some amazing, brilliant talents out there, and some that do a remarkable job covering Allan, but none are on his level.
@croiners416623 күн бұрын
I saw iou at the bottom line also❤
@cosmicjazzman48173 жыл бұрын
Back again. Damn Allan Holdsworth ripping it up! Amazing ,beautiful soaring through the galaxy on the Gibson SG. Love hearing Holdsworth comping behind the Keyboard, strumming chords. It's rare to hear him comp like that. Usually he finger picks gently. Awesome bass solo and drum solo. Pat Smyth Fender Rhodes sounds fantastic.
@MBSLC5 жыл бұрын
Quite an interesting approach to the drums by John Marshall-superb!
@richardhouse98137 жыл бұрын
Along with John McLaughlin, both guitarists of the Gods - in a class way beyond any others.
@warvandal34437 жыл бұрын
RIP AH Allan and J Mclaughlin were also born around the same time and came from the same area of Yorkshire. What are the odds on that? Lets have a beer for Allan. I'm still in shock on hearing he passed away.😦
@richardhouse98137 жыл бұрын
Me too, Nige - just heard this numbing news today too. Just reproducing here my review of "Bundles" from Amazon. RIP, great man - we won't see your like again - one of the very greatest musicians of any age >> 5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great bands with a guitarist from the Gods By Richard House on 1 Jan. 2012 Format: Audio CD An historical retrospect. When I was at university in the mid 1970s (1974 or 1975, I believe), I went down to London to see the Softs with a group of mates who had always been Softs fans going back into the late 60s. We got seats near the front - and as other reviewers have said here, none of us had heard of Allan Holdsworth before then. When Allan took his first solo (dressed all in white - echoes of another guitar legend, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin), he wondered to the front of the stage and proceeded to solo for maybe 12-15 minutes (this was probably Hazard Profile), and we were all utterly stunned in disbelief at the virtuosity of what we were hearing. I looked around me, and complete strangers were falling out of their seats in droves. None of us had ever heard guitar playing like this - it seemed superhuman - technically impossible, and awesomely beautiful. Today, when I put on 'Bundles', my skin creeps just as it did that first time I ever saw Holdsworth. If you've never heard the extraordinary Allan Holdsworth before, this is certanly a good place to start. It's just such a shame that Allan's joining of the band led to such dis-ease and ill-feeling. I suppose it's some kind of salutory lesson about how the electric guitar can dominate a band, with the other world-class musicians being cast in its shade. Having been a huge Mike Ratledge fan (e.g. try the magnificent album 'Soft Machine 3'), I just wish Mike and Allan could have found a way to play together over a period of time, both egos intact (like McLaughlin and Jan Hammer famously managed for at least a few years in the Mahavishnu Orchestra). But if you're a jazz or jazz-rock fan who values virtuosity, you just can't go to your grave without hearing this. 8 Comments 23 people found this helpful.
@warvandal34437 жыл бұрын
+Richard House Exactly when I first heard Allan too, and I was never the same again. The Bundles tour stopped at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. I remember the place was only half full. My elder cousin took me along (I was a 15yr old budding guitarist) I was intrigued by Roy Babbingtons 5 string Bass, but sorry Roy, when I saw the swaying figure playing the white SG - my god. I can only describe it as perhaps how it must have been to hear Bird on 52st for the first time.
@richardhouse98137 жыл бұрын
I read yesterday that the Great Man had to resort to crowd-funding to be able to release his latest (now last) album - what a bonkers world we live in. Thankfully, there is a 12-box set about to be released - "The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever" - just a shame that t's over £140! Richard
@warvandal34437 жыл бұрын
+Richard House Yes, I heard about the funding- crazy times indeed. Great news on the box set!
@NIGHTFRIGHT20117 жыл бұрын
This just proves how far ahead Allan Holdsworth has always been,and what an absolute travesty it is that 42 years later,he has been reduced to crowd funding to support his latest release. There is no justice!!!!!!!!!!!
@std8827 жыл бұрын
Jazz and Fusion just can't seem to hold audience anymore in this day and age. The audience are getting smaller. The kids today are so into dance music, hip hop and rap. Sadly, these are the pop music of today. Why, in the 70s AM and FM radio's playlist includes Led zep. Hendrix, Sabbath, etc. though that's no Jazz or Fusion, it's at least guitar major music that get kids learning to play the guitar. You are right, very sad indeed that he was reduced to crowd funding support. And this is the man that took the guitar world by storm.
@cemegonuts7 жыл бұрын
I blame MTV. The visualization of the music is more important than the music itself. Music is just a vehicle for image anymore. Thats why today, musicians are incredibly appealing to the eye and are complete crap to the ear. The stuff Allan did was appealing to the ear if you are smart enough to allow his style to infect you. Holdsworth to me is a lot like Frank Zappa, in that there is very little music that is similar in style. Once you listen to Holdsworth (or Zappa) its hard to listen to something else for a while that is engaging. It's like a complex music hole, that you get pleasantly pulled into. Then everything else just pales by comparison and simplicity.
@snowfiresunwind6 жыл бұрын
Great comment and agree absolutely.
@brandex20116 жыл бұрын
Damn! That is one sad story!
@AlexOjideagu26 жыл бұрын
Well he's dead now..........
@TheBoffomundoShow5 жыл бұрын
The great John Marshall!
@alexstrekal69448 жыл бұрын
Always nice to get to see these early live clips of Allan's playing.
@jibsmokestack17 жыл бұрын
You can really hear the Coltrane influence in Allan's playing!
@morbidmanmusic10 ай бұрын
Says everyone.
@fusionfan68837 жыл бұрын
Mere words feel inadequate to express my sadness at the passing of Allan. His music was transcendental and the soundtrack to my life. As if from another world he took us on a mysterious wonderful journey that we could not fully comprehend but somehow still touched our souls and forever changed our perception of what beauty is and can be. A musician rather than a mere guitarist, complete in his mastery and resolute in the pursuit of his vision, we will never know his like again but rejoice in the lagacy of wonder and joy Allan has left us. Thankyou Allan for enriching my life with your genius. Deepest condolences to Allan's family and it is my honour in some small way to contribute to what I am sure will be a fitting tribute to this most humble of geniuses.
@andrewgillis85726 жыл бұрын
the confidence with which Holdsworth enters those Tony William's L:ifetime tracks - the ones the critics hated EG Million Dollar Legs - plus he has the legato-emphasizing reverb, the high-lonesome sound, that you hear in Beck, JMcL, Santana (Borboletta IMO his actual greatest studio guitar) and also the underrated Ray Gomez
@fusionfan68834 жыл бұрын
andrew gillis Yes indeed, and agree Borboletta is so underrated, as is Lotus. And I too have always loved Ray Gomez and am so saddened drugs curtailed his career and musical output. Can I suggest you check out Corado Rustici if you are not familiar with him.
@fallsjd8 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for sharing! Holdsworth is untouchable.
@Bawookles5 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how much of his insane technique is already present in 1974. Just hasn't arrived at his liquid tone yet.
@Esrom_music3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, and depending on my mood sometimes I prefer this harsher more gutteral tone.
@teeple18773 жыл бұрын
I like it more kinda. At least sometimes. I like the more structured jazz stuff he’s playing over
@mikeanaro3 жыл бұрын
@@Jon-wm3wp Is that something new to you?
@mikeanaro3 жыл бұрын
@@Jon-wm3wp There is for millions of players, you know you wont change that because you don like the term.
@mikeanaro3 жыл бұрын
@@Jon-wm3wp Sure, a high overdriven amp (not distortion) with so much saturation that legato sounds so smooth that we all say its liquid, like Holdsworth, Lane or Eric Johnson.
@philsackett73417 жыл бұрын
An SG and a coil cord into a Fender. The world's quickest Rig Rundown. Sounds pretty damn good to me. Thanks for posting this!
@ToneCanyon5 жыл бұрын
Jeez. Its amazing. Like, yes, he evolved as a musician, but holy hell, its crazy that the first van halen record was still a few years away, and holdsworth is pulling this out!
@fabiocollina8 жыл бұрын
Vintage superb Holdsworth, thanks for sharing
@michaelb.42112 Жыл бұрын
Thank you ! This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Allan playing a white SG with a stand up bass player, they are total 70's ing it. Allan's comping is so good, and I love the Fender Rhodes, of course who doesn't, and the sheet music all over the place is SO COOL.
@LisaBellaDonnaMusic5 жыл бұрын
I come back to this on most Sundays 🌻☕️ Wish there were a full record of this.
@fusionfan68834 жыл бұрын
Lisa Bella Donna Love your synth work Lisa and wonderful too that you love the late great maestro Allan. Peace 😊
@LisaBellaDonnaMusic4 жыл бұрын
fusion fan Thank you! 😊❤️ To me, Allan was the ultimate of highest altitudes in music. I miss him here.
@fusionfan68834 жыл бұрын
Yes me too Lisa, he was the soundtrack to my life ever since I first bought Igginbottom's Wrench when it first came out in 1969. His music spoke to me at a profoundly deep level, not because of his technical virtuosity or amazing harmonic language, but because it touched something within me that I can't fully articulate, which forever lifts and inspires me. I am still in mourning you might say, but console myself with the indelible legacy he left us all in his wonderous music. Peace.
@CamFilms10003 жыл бұрын
@@fusionfan6883 wow that's incredible that you were there to experience the immaculate Igginbottom's Wrench at it's release. As a 23 year old who has just recently discovered that album I find myself having the same feeling as you in response to Allan's music, especially from the Igginbottom days. "Can't fully articulate" is the only way I've been able to put it as well. Something totally otherworldly about the music
@snowfiresunwind3 жыл бұрын
@@fusionfan6883 Agree entirely
@Drinckx2Ай бұрын
Utter brilliance! So interesting to see him early in his career playing so clean through a Fender amp, before the Tony Williams' Lifetime work when he started to push up the gain. You can see how precise he was and hear how influenced he was by horn players rather than other guitarists.
@algreaves45152 жыл бұрын
That bass solo is just absolutely beyond the stratosphere. Funky as hell but following the chords of the song... My mind is blown.
@whisk9414 жыл бұрын
Just love hearing raw talent. No dancers, playback, anything other than inspiring playing. Each of them hold their ground.
@nosebone28618 жыл бұрын
I love 70s Holdsy!
@warvandal34437 жыл бұрын
Me too. And now he has gone😢
@tedcabana Жыл бұрын
Greatest guitarist, EVER! Second to none... no equal!!!!
@morbidmanmusic10 ай бұрын
Don't be silly. It's on facit of guitar playing and yeah, he owns legato playing.. but your fanboy comment is just ignorance of all music. ... and a tired cliche.
@tedcabana10 ай бұрын
@@morbidmanmusic Really? A tiered cliché? As if everyone says that all the time. But if they do, than it must be true. A.H. was a phenom, and the likes of you will never mire his legacy. You talk like a jealous hack with pipe dreams of false grandeur.
@tonykumar97279 ай бұрын
Malmsteen is a big fan of him so yeah he is in the argument as one of the greats or greatest
@Andrew-q8kАй бұрын
My favourite guitarist but I believe Paco de Lucia and Joe Pass definitely and possibly Beck Reinhardt Montgomery McLaughlin Metheny Segovia Julian Bream Roy Clark and Shawn Lane are same level as Holdsworth
@jameswood1628 Жыл бұрын
Breathtaking. Holdsworth in this era was unstoppable.
@mhsigrist7 жыл бұрын
My brain just got melted, OMG, this is incredible hahaha
@RamonBello7 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! RIP Allan Holdsworth. The greatest...
@darthmorbous3 жыл бұрын
of all times
@caryheuchert5 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget about the great legato work of Ollie Halsall who played with Patto and later replaced Allan in Tempest.
@cosmicjazzman48173 жыл бұрын
Genius! Beautiful playing by all especially Holdsworth. My favorite guitarist and most influential player of the 20th century. RIP Allan.... and Mr. Edward Van Halen.... Eddie's favorite guitarist.
@anonymoususer34965 жыл бұрын
This is incredible footage for 1974. Awesome.
@user-uo8yh9tb8g Жыл бұрын
Notice Allan picking far more than one might imagine... love this early clip and line-up, so thanks for sharing. I got to see him with IOU three times, and he's absolutely the best I've ever heard or seen and was about 40 years ahead of his time too... just unreal what he accomplished
@heavenhelp19828 жыл бұрын
A man-machine on the lead guitar...Mr Allan Holdsworth!
@michaelsolomon6594Ай бұрын
The keyboardist is amazing!!
@williamgross79189 ай бұрын
Huge fan since day one,, all your comments are just incredibly generous to this great great man had the opportunity to talk with him back in the 90s and go to several of his gigs😊
@rembeadgc4 жыл бұрын
Not a bad note! Even back then his timing was impeccable! Bless his young heart!
@DARKSIDEOFURANUS6 жыл бұрын
such a funky, groovy band one of the best Holdsworth pereformances
@marcblum53488 ай бұрын
Super interesting video. AH in a transformative phase. Some stock fusion guitar things then these wild sheets of notes. Much less saturated tone than some years later. I rate this a high value document wrt AH's development. Many thanks for sharing!
@dayuhanspace8 жыл бұрын
that solo phrasing of Allan sounds the same as his work with soft machine!
@robtullius75404 жыл бұрын
Wow this is really rare...like Soft Machine kimd of thing...John Marshall...Its really cool hearing Holdsworths early style.. awesome
@hubertvancalenbergh90226 жыл бұрын
The sound of Soft Machine a year or so later. John Marshall's already there too.
@Seventysongs8 жыл бұрын
Great..thank you! Allan, the best in all areas!
@timmungenast7 жыл бұрын
It's easy to forget how good the other musicians are here. Everybody is doing a super job, but yes, AH is devastating here. Dig how musically he comps for the other soloists, though! THAT is one of the things that separates the champs from the chumps. Thanks for sharing this video, Bob the Juke!
@Bifrons7 жыл бұрын
DAMN!!! He was born awesome!!! He will keep amazing far beyond his time. See ya around the cosmos, Allan.
@damovanb6 жыл бұрын
even the bass player 'shreds' wow!
@iainblack2975 Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite videos ever! It’s like God channels through these musicians, unreal.
@jay_white_music5 ай бұрын
what an interesting insight into Allan's playing. some of his lines remind me of Joe Henderson's playing.
@musopaul540710 ай бұрын
Early Holdsworth; wonderful, especially when you know what he became! Great band, too, especially rhe fierce John Marshall!
@tabasko4207 жыл бұрын
Rip m. Holdsworth :'( Awesome Muscian, Incredible influence on my favorite guitar heroes
@eldarsafarov93027 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Allan( best guitar player ever!
@frankolsson61307 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Allan you´re the best ever!
@ManOrWomanIDK2 жыл бұрын
I love his crunchy sg tone. Cool to hear him sounding different than he did later on
@johnkondrk13827 жыл бұрын
Awesome..RIP Allan and Pat
@blahdeblah19757 жыл бұрын
One of my fave Holdsworth clips/stories.
@keithmore47845 жыл бұрын
RIP Allan .... what a sad loss to music. Incredible. Pat and the band are awesome too.
@ntesslafan8 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much for the post Bob the Juke! This one is a treasure!
@visionalert8 жыл бұрын
Priceless treasure. Great find mate!
@guitarnationtv2 жыл бұрын
One the greatest ever British Guitarists
@gtrDan19637 жыл бұрын
Holdsworth had a habit of rerecording pieces in different ensembles and changing the titles ; "Shadows Of" (Gong) got rerecorded as "Velvet Darkness" ; "Fred" got remade as "Kinder" as well as "Letsby" being renamed "Mr. Spock" (both from Tony Williams' Lifetime album "Believe It", 1975)) ; now, to my ears, the chord changes of this tune are identical to Soft Machine's "Land Of The Bag Snake" ("Bundles" album, 1975) which was a Holdsworth composition and featured this same drummer, John Marshall. The performance itself is stunning and it's a shame this is not commercially available... Thank you so much for this wonderful post !!! All the BEST...Dan.
@craigfazekas39234 ай бұрын
For reasons like this ? KZbin is flat-out awesome !! 🚬😎👍
@sanjivharikumar4 жыл бұрын
At 12:12 whoever thought of filming and sharing this closeup of this beautiful run was a genius. Really it goes for all instruments besides guitar. These guys knew how to film instruments during their solo breaks...unlike a lot of examples where it's completely random.
@javiceres5 жыл бұрын
Thank God chorus wasn’t yet a mandatory effect when this was recorded.
@TheFreemanuk4 жыл бұрын
If it was it would still be better than anything you will ever produce.
@javiceres3 күн бұрын
@@TheFreemanukRude
@kevfreeman54822 жыл бұрын
Been searching for a clip of Alan on a TV programme that had a section - solo of the month! It was a British tv programme, but I cant remember what it was called - it wasnt the Old Grey Whistle Test! Must have been between 75, 76 or maybe 77. I think it was a studio appearance - he definitely had that white SG. It was the first time I'd seen, or heard of him! I remember the day after the programme had been on, met my mate and we both looked at each other and were like - did you see that guy with the SG last night? Happy days but so,so sad - still had so much to offer. He still maturing like....like a single malt!!
@propylaen20018 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! What a great find. Many thanks for posting this!!
@beintelegant7 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsworth - gone way too soon - brother, we'll look after the spaceship till we see you again...
@PaulRoseGuitar7 жыл бұрын
John Montgomery Rouse amen
@AlexOjideagu27 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I didn't even know he had died
@PierreGarrabrant7 жыл бұрын
RIP Legato God- Thank You for blowing my mind and opening my heart to fearless music ! Reunited with John in Heaven
@gilbertglidewell54716 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Allan Holdsworth you will Be Greatly Missed :(
@thomasjdigennosr73707 ай бұрын
The Coltrane of guitar!Pure genius
@paulkelly98966 жыл бұрын
This is superb! Thanks so much for posting it. It also brings back memories. The Jazz Centre Society ran a weekly Wednesday night session at the Phoenix pub in Cavendish Square, London. I was a regular and recall seeing the Pat Smythe Quintet two or three times there always with Allan Holdsworth who was just sensational and playing very much as here - possibly on a Stratocaster or maybe this white SG. I can’t remember who else was in Pat’s band then. I don’t think it was the rhythm section here - Daryl Runswick and John Marshall. It may have been Chris Laurence on bass and I think the fifth member was Ray Warleigh on alto sax (also RIP). There are also four very good quality BBC recordings (sound only) on You Tube of Pat’s Quintet with Allan Holdsworth recorded in 1980. But you’ve probably already found those.
@legatrix6 жыл бұрын
What were the reactions to Holdsworth like at the time? I mean, did he silence the audience or things like that? Was there an 'aura'? Or was he just another good performer?
@wildbillhackett7 жыл бұрын
Looks like he's using a Bandmaster Reverb here. I didn't know he ever used one. Thanks for posting Bob. I hope someone finds some video of him with Tony Williams and also Tempest.
@guitarigmusik1975 жыл бұрын
Allan was from another higher league of unparalleled music giants from outer space!!!
@juliantaylor73687 жыл бұрын
my favorite clip of Alan - RIP
@davejarvu3647 жыл бұрын
another great clip from a great time....the internet keeps on giving...love all these musos....Allan of course...also for me i think John Marshall is one of those guys too who really pushed his playing all the way...thanks for posting this :)
@TinoGTC7 жыл бұрын
😱😱😱 my god!!! Thanks to upload this video..it's amazing watching the master playing with that band in the mid's seventees
@Fontsman7 жыл бұрын
It's fascinating to see how Allan's techniques have evolved. For a player who says he doesn't use his picking hand much, this earlier stuff is revelatory.
@I-am-permabanned-from-replying4 ай бұрын
Imagine this being your backing band 💣
@bassheadjazz27087 жыл бұрын
...all played on a gibson SG with almost no gain. For a guy that defines legato phrasing, he sure does have incredible alternate picking chops.
@gmailaccountk4067 жыл бұрын
Hes not really picking here either Which is crazy
@frankie.d11277 жыл бұрын
GmailAccount K So what in Gods name is he doing?!?! Sweeping mixed with all hammers?!?
@gmailaccountk4067 жыл бұрын
I don't think Allan ever sweep picked. He always used legato in his playing.....
@johnbazy7 жыл бұрын
Almost no gain? Please.
@francovaldes82726 жыл бұрын
Well, he did struggle with the fact that guitar has little to no sustain without prominent levels of gain, given that in jazz, there was no room aesthetically for high gain tones
@RexLancaster3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this gem.
@fedem.84757 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. dear Allan...
@pdpatdeschamps297 жыл бұрын
AMAZING ALLAN, always, at anytime !!!!
@Hologhoul9 күн бұрын
Imagine being an aspiring guitar player and seeing that way back in 1974!! I wonder what his setup was to ensure enough gain for to articulate the notes so well whilst still sounding somewhat clean?
@danivallcws3 жыл бұрын
It's shocking and unexpected to see someone playing like this on 1974. Aesthetically, this video feels weird as fuck because of how advanced Holdsworth was!
@Yourbankaccount2 жыл бұрын
Hello, John McLaughlin?
@pleximanic2 жыл бұрын
@@Yourbankaccount Not even close!
@kermheat8 жыл бұрын
Super !! Thanks for Sharing !!
@LeleMelo7 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Allan.
@richardfaucheraux4873 Жыл бұрын
Nothing to add about Allan Holdsworth after the 306 previous comments but if I just discover the two other wonderful musicians my pleasure is also watching the one and only John Marshall.
@dilltdog1158Ай бұрын
Gawd bless you Al, a gifted Yorkshire lad just like Johnny Mac.
@thevelointhevale11324 жыл бұрын
Holdsworth 'Hazard Profile' with Soft Machine is my fave period of work using the white SG.
@jacksnyder58533 жыл бұрын
noticing Allan's right hand technique in this vid...minimal motion and so many single notes. right hand working only a bit harder to pull the notes from the cosmos at ghastly speeds. glad he found his liquid sound later and gifted us with his chordal and compositional prowess
@seukfuhi2 жыл бұрын
By the late 1980s, when he reached the peak of his playing (my personal opinion), he probably picked not more than 40% of the notes heard in his solos, and it stayed that way until his death. However, back in the 1970s as seen in this vid, looks like he picked more notes, I'd say maybe half, or a little more than half. But he still does a lot of hammer-ons and pull-offs, and you can clearly see the man already looking for a horn-like type of playing, playing lines rather than licks and trying to transcent the physical limitations of the instrument.
@dimitryos5254 Жыл бұрын
@@seukfuhi I think the quality of the amplifiers at that time did not allow to achieve a good sustain, so Alan had to pick more than he actually wanted.
@flame-sky71488 жыл бұрын
I got this form Sergio about a few weeks ago. Thanks for posting it before me.
@FusionHowie3 жыл бұрын
Fucking crazy !!!!! Thank you for this video! Peace from Detroit MI.
@simongrady129811 ай бұрын
Beautiful . Half a trem
@hanksteelbranch7 жыл бұрын
The production is extremely good for the early 70's.. If you have more video from this show, PLEASE POST IT.